Smart room office

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Smart room office

• Usability testing

tepán Koutek (koutes1_at_fel.cvut.cz) Vojtech Brom
(veb_at_volny.cz)
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16. 12. 2005
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Project description

• What is Smart room?
• New interaction techniques
• Tracking methods
• Smart message delivering
• Goals
• Usability of new interaction techniques
• Acceptance of Smart room concept

PDA
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Test setup

• Smart room does not exist
• Three distribution chanels for interaction
• Talking head and Big screen - voice control
• PC, PDA standard control (mouse, keyboard)
• The system interface graphical menu
• Different message types
• Mapping of the message depends on message type
• Automatic device switching

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Test setup mapping model - preview
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Test setup mapping model sample detail
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Test setup - menu
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Test setup - menu
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Test setup - device representation

• Talking head speaker recorded messages
• Big screen digital projector
• PC PC VNC (remote control)
• PDA PDA connected to notebook (atm. control)

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Test setup - layout
Observer room
Participant room
testers
PDA
moderator
participant
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Task list

• Typical tasks
• to receive differenet types of messages
• to switch betewen devices
• Four groups of tasks
• First three groups
• each for one device
• for each participant in different order
• Fourth - combination of all devices
• participant use devices according to his decision

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Obtaining results

• Observing participants during the test
• The post-test questionaire
• Interview with participants after the test
• Analysing of the video record

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Results of the test

• We have tested five participants
• The participants have split to two groups with
  different opinions
• Goup 1
• Against new interaction methods
• They would like to use only PC
• Group 2
• For new interaction methods
• They like using voice control
• They would like bigger set of voice commands
• Possibility of control all devices by voice
• Possibility of turn off message reading

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Results of the test cont.

• Group 2 cont.
• For new interaction methods
• The usability of PDA is not so comfortable
• PDA is good in cases when they need to be mobile
  not for interaction in office
• Offer device to switch instead of automatic
  switching
• All participants prefere simply clear text
  oriented interface no virtual human face etc.
  is needed

Comlete report of the test is available on
http//www.smartroom.koutek.net
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Video
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Thank you for your attention.
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